This task is a follow-up to T326081 (and nicely complements it). Normalize consecutive spaces, just like HTML does.
This way, the extraneous spaces wouldn't unexpectedly affect the sorting in the following cases:
Extraneous space in user input:
foo bar foo bar
Spaces around a <br> tag:
foo<br>bar foo<br> bar foo <br> bar
Note that in data-sort-value attributes, the consecutive spaces were already normalized (see my comments in T326081).
| Subject | Repo | Branch | Lines +/- | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normalize consecutive spaces when building the sort values | mediawiki/core | master | +10 -3 |
Change 876314 had a related patch set uploaded (by Gerrit Patch Uploader; author: Hank Hulet):
[mediawiki/core@master] Normalize consecutive spaces when building the sort values
Change 876314 merged by jenkins-bot:
[mediawiki/core@master] Normalize consecutive spaces when building the sort values
The patch was sent by "Hank Hulet", I couldn't find their Phabricator account. Thanks!